All paintings in this gallery
are free-hand,
not-to-scale copies of figurative works by other artists. In this endeavor, Gene Gould is
following an old tradition. Artists have always copied masterpieces from painters
whose work they admired most.

The Rembrandt painting was part of an exchange
between the Moscow State Pushkin Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. An
unusual feature of this painting is that the ring on the lady's hand has a build up of
paint applied in such a way that, at certain viewing angles, it reflects light as a real
gem would. This cannot be seen on reproductions.

The
other copies were made using prints in art books, so the colors may be very
different from those of the originals.

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detailed information about the paintings